From The Frontlines Of Mexico's Drug War

By: Christine Lagorio
Topics: Hot Links

You can't miss the headlines: Kidnapping Expert Kidnapped. It sounds like pure tabloid fodder, but this item is the latest grim symptom of a growing drug-crime epidemic in Mexico.

Over at our sister blog, World Watch, Mike Wuebben has a lighter take, that the Mexican corruption-drama is so over-the-top it "reads like a Hollywood screenplay." Mike writes:

Much has been made of the supposed audacity of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for refusing to resign. But "Lighting Rod" ain't got nuthin' on former Mexican police chief Victor Gerardo Garay who was arrested on charges of helping a drug cartel. According to a report yesterday in the Mexican newspaper Reforma, Garay turned a raid on Colombian drug dealers into "an orgy and alleged robbery of half a million dollars, jewelry, and even the robbery of an English bulldog." Garay even took a little time out for a hot tub with a few of the many prostitutes on hand.

Check out the rest of his post here. Tonight on the CBS Evening News, Correspondent John Blackstone has an eye-opening report on this country in the throes of a savage drug war manned by brutal cartels. You can watch his report on the growing crisis of violence and corruption in Mexico - and find out why it's a growing danger for innocent citizens and even Americans journeying south - tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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by barberito-2009 December 16, 2008 10:51 PM EST: This is the result of a Prohibition fueled black market. Remove the profit-incentive and you cripple organizd crime. We should''ve learned from the US in the 1920''s, but we didn''t. We''ve tried Prohibition V.2 for 38 years, and things have only gotten worse. The answer is clear, end Prohibition! This idea is gaining ground, and its champion''s will reap the political capital of true success - success that will only occur when there is no more profit for cartels to enjoy!; Reply to this comment


by fiftycaltx December 16, 2008 9:56 PM EST: Isn''t it GREAT that Mexico BANS GUNS! Why all this "gun violence" is such a SHAM. There ARE no gunz in Mexico. At least for the serfs there. Good thing. Otherwise there would be "blood in the streets". Oh, that''s right. There IS BLOOD IN THE STREETS. Maybe they need "gun free zones". And "no kidnapping" zones. Or maybe they should let the INDIVIDUAL own guns for self-protection? Nah. They are Mexicans. They might shoot their eye out.; Reply to this comment